[28311] trunk/dports/lang

[Landon Fuller]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 4:16 PM, N_Ox wrote:

>> You shouldn't use Tcl's "cd" in a port -- it changes the current  
>> working directory of the entire process. We should probably remove  
>> the Tcl command from the interpreter.
>>
>> -landonf
>
> I think we should change this behavior rather than disabling the  
> command.
> Useful working directories in build stages (e.g. ${worksrcpath} in  
> configure or ${destroot} in destroot) would be a nice feat.

We would have to rewrite? all file operations to take into account a  
virtual current working directory, and somehow maintain that context  
within the current execution block.
Seems safer and less work to just not depend on a the current working  
directory (which is always a good idea, anyway).
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